2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

2012 Northern Colorado Bears football

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2012 record	5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Earnest Collins, Jr. (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Michael Armour (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Zach Shay (2nd year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Nottingham Field (Capacity: 6,500)

2012 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1		11	–	3
#2 Montana State +^		7	–	1		11	–	2
#12 Cal Poly +^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#20 Northern Arizona		6	–	2		8	–	3
Sacramento State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4		5	–	6
Southern Utah		4	–	4		5	–	6
North Dakota		3	–	5		5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5		5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5		4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Weber State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant As of December 15, 2012 ; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Earnest Collins, Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	5:15 PM	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 0–41	45,273
September 8	1:30 PM	Colorado Mesa*	Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO	ALT/Big Sky TV	W 40–3	5,136
September 15	3:00 PM	at Sacramento State*	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA	Big Sky TV	L 17–28	7,408
September 22	1:30 PM	at #2 Montana State	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	L 16–41	18,637
October 6	1:30 PM	Montana	Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO	RTRM	L 17–40	4,751
October 13	7:00 PM	at #15 Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA	KSBY/Big Sky TV	L 28–56	9,382
October 20	1:30 PM	Idaho State	Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	W 52–14	4,155
October 27	1:30 PM	#13 Northern Arizona	Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	L 10–12	3,780
November 3	2:00 PM	at Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field • Portland, OR	Big Sky TV	W 32–28	5,077
November 10	1:30 PM	at Weber State	Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	Big Sky TV	W 42–34	4,837
November 17	12:00 PM	North Dakota	Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	W 28–27	3,418
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Despite Sacramento State also being a member of the Big Sky, their meeting on September 15 was considered a non-conference game.

Source: Official Schedule

Game notes

@ Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Utes	0	21	7	13	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1937	L 6–7

Colorado Mesa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mavericks	0	3	0	0	3
Bears	7	3	16	14	40

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–0	1997	W 28–7

The win is the Bears first win since the final game of the 2010 season against Portland State, a span of 12 games. It is also just their second win in their last 21 games.

@ Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	7	0	7	17
Hornets	7	7	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6	2011	L 0–14

@ Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	13	3	0	16
#2 Bobcats	21	10	7	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–16–1	2011	L 21–31

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	0	10	14	16	40
Bears	0	0	10	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–11	2011	L 28–55

@ Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	14	0	0	14	28
#15 Mustangs	14	14	14	14	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–7	2007	L 21–56

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	7	0	7	14
Bears	14	14	24	0	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–19	2011	L 20–50

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Lumberjacks	2	7	0	3	12
Bears	0	3	0	7	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–10	2011	L 14–34

@ Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	7	15	7	32
Vikings	6	15	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–7	2011	L 17–23

@ Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	9	19	0	14	42
Wildcats	7	10	3	14	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6	2011	L 21–45

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	14	10	3	0	27
Bears	7	14	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–13	2011	L 25–27

References

Northern Colorado Bears football

Venues	Nottingham Field (1995–present)

Culture & lore	Klawz "UNC Fight Song"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

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